TDP picks sitting MPs Ramesh, Ravindra Kumar for Rajya Sabha polls

Hyderabad: The ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Sunday announced its decision to field CM Ramesh and K Ravindra Kumar for two of the three Rajya Sabha seats from Andhra Pradesh for which biennial polls will be held on March 23.

TDP Andhra Pradesh President Kala Venkata Rao in a brief statement said sitting members Ramesh and Kumar, an advocate and part of the TDP legal cell, were nominated after the decision by the party head and Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu.

Naidu held prolonged consultations with party leaders for three days before taking the final decision.